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La Parisienne: Portraying Women in the Capital of Culture
La Parisienne: Portraying Women in the Capital of Culture 1715-1965 from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 120 pieces selected from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston include haute-couture gowns, paintings by Manet and Renoir, and photographs of singers and scholars of the 1920s. Open: 0-9:00-17:00 (until 20:00 on Fridays) Admission: Adults: ¥1400 (¥1200) College and High School: ¥900 (¥700) Junior High and Elementary School: ¥600 (¥400) Prices in () groups of 20 or more. Includes admission to the general…
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Sluice Gate Opening at Nukui Dam
Spectacular 30m/second discharge of water when the sluice gates are opened daily at the 156m high dam (the 2nd highest in Japan) during May to get ready for the increase in rainfall expected during the coming rainy season. https://www.instagram.com/p/BiVmSNPHn3v/ Weekdays 14:00-14:15 April 29, May 3-5, May 13, May 27 11:00-11:15 & 14:00-14:15
Find out more »Hiroshima Toyo Carp vs Chunichi Dragons
Central League pro baseball action at Mazda "Zoom Zoom" Stadium. For seating and ticket details, see our Mazda Stadium Hiroshima Carp Ticket Guide. Read more posts related to the Hiroshima Carp.
Find out more »Mantō Mitama Matsurii
Two days of events and commemorations at Hiroshima's shrine to the war dead, Gokuku-jinja, which is decorated with lanterns. Saturday, May 27 18:00 Manto-mitama ceremony in the main Shrine Hall 19:00 Around 100 women dressed as shrine maidens perform Enmusubi-no-miko-odori dances in the forecourt Followed by Miko-mai dance by full time shrine maidens Possibly other performances Lantern lit dances by the maidens for the day finale before things finish at 9pm For more on the Saturday night festivities, photos and…
Find out more »Hiroshima Toyo Carp vs Chunichi Dragons
Central League pro baseball action at Mazda "Zoom Zoom" Stadium. For seating and ticket details, see our Mazda Stadium Hiroshima Carp Ticket Guide. Read more posts related to the Hiroshima Carp.
Find out more »Samurai Ninja Theatre
Samurai show with music and dance featuring the Aki Hiroshima Bushotai loosely based on the powerful Mori family who once ruled Hiroshima and the most of western Japan. Ninjas and dancing shrine maidens too! Admission ¥2000 (includes 1 drink) Ticket Window & Doors Open 18:00 Performance Starts 18:30 Performance Ends 19:30 Take a photo taken with samurai and ninja after show! *Admission closes at 18:30.
Find out more »Tomo Bentenjima Fireworks Festival
Tomo Bentenjima Fireworks Festival in the quaint port town of Tomo-no-ura kicks off the summer's fireworks festivals in the Chugoku region. 90min of fireworks over the water silhouetting picturesque Benten Island.
Find out more »Hiroshima Toyo Carp vs Chunichi Dragons
Central League pro baseball action at Mazda "Zoom Zoom" Stadium. For seating and ticket details, see our Mazda Stadium Hiroshima Carp Ticket Guide. Read more posts related to the Hiroshima Carp.
Find out more »English Kagura Experience
Kagura performances with English explanation, subtitles, Q&A and photo session at Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum.
Find out more »Westworld Screening
Watch Westworld (with English subtitles) with with a bunch of other people at Alternative Space Core in the Motomachi Apartment conmplex.
Find out more »Hiroshima Toyo Carp vs Seibu Lions
Mid-season inter-league pro baseball action at the Mazda "Zoom Zoom" Stadium. For seating and ticket details, see our Mazda Stadium Hiroshima Carp Ticket Guide.
Find out more »Nihonshu Sansan Downtown Sake Festival
This sake festival organised by Yagenbori liquor store Yamatoya is one of our favorite events of the year. It is far more compact than the annual sake festival in Saijo, and the 30 or so boutique brewers bring nothing less than their top varieties, it is an excellent opportunity to try 100 or so of the best sakes in the country, poured by the people who take such care in making it. There is a really relaxed atmosphere, especially after…
Find out more »Hiroshima Toyo Carp vs Seibu Lions
Mid-season inter-league pro baseball action at the Mazda "Zoom Zoom" Stadium. For seating and ticket details, see our Mazda Stadium Hiroshima Carp Ticket Guide.
Find out more »Tree Frogs at Yoshimizu-en Garden
The lovely Yoshimizu-en Garden in Aki-ota opens its gates to the public for two weekends during June to while the green tree frogs are hatching. This is your last chance to see the garden until November when it opens for autumn leaf viewing. From the Yoshimizu-en website Yoshimizu Garden is a natural habitat for the Moriao Tree Frog, which has the unique habit of laying its eggs in trees close to the water. In 1952, the garden was designated a prefectural…
Find out more »Modern Art Revisited
From Dalí and Warhol to Yayoi Kusama, 70 masterpieces of American, European, and Japanese modern art.
Find out more »Samurai Ninja Theatre
Samurai show with music and dance featuring the Aki Hiroshima Bushotai loosely based on the powerful Mori family who once ruled Hiroshima and the most of western Japan. Ninjas and dancing shrine maidens too! Admission ¥2000 (includes 1 drink) Ticket Window & Doors Open 18:00 Performance Starts 18:30 Performance Ends 19:30 Take a photo taken with samurai and ninja after show! *Admission closes at 18:30.
Find out more »Tree Frogs at Yoshimizu-en Garden
The lovely Yoshimizu-en Garden in Aki-ota opens its gates to the public for two weekends during June to while the green tree frogs are hatching. This is your last chance to see the garden until November when it opens for autumn leaf viewing. From the Yoshimizu-en website Yoshimizu Garden is a natural habitat for the Moriao Tree Frog, which has the unique habit of laying its eggs in trees close to the water. In 1952, the garden was designated a prefectural…
Find out more »Senda Wasshoi Matsuri Flea Market
Relatively large flea market in Higashi Senda-machi Park next to the old Hiroshima University building. There are also food stalls and live bands performing on a little stage, which help to give the event quite a lively atmosphere. Postponed until June 24 in the event of heavy rain. To sign up to sell at the flea market Call (in Japanese) more than one week prior to the event 090-9500-6554 between 10am and 6pm and give your name and the date…
Find out more »Hiroshima Minato Marché
Outdoor market in Ujina held every 1st and 3rd Sunday. Fresh local produce and food stalls.
Find out more »Mibu-no-Hanadaue Traditional Rice Planting Ritual
Mibu-no-hanadaue is a revived rice planting ritual said to have roots in the middle ages that is renacted on the first Sunday of June every year. The event was designated as a UNESCO Intangible Heritage in 2003 and many people now make the trip to Chiyoda in Kita-hiroshima to view it. Bulls are led through the streets to Mibu Shrine where they are dressed with elaborately decorated saddles and colorful necklaces. They are then led to a field, and after…
Find out more »Hiroshima Toyo Carp vs Nippon Ham Fighters
Mid-season interleague pro baseball action at the Mazda "Zoom Zoom" Stadium. For seating and ticket details, see our Mazda Stadium Hiroshima Carp Ticket Guide.
Find out more »Hiroshima Toyo Carp vs Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
Mid-season interleague pro baseball action at the Mazda "Zoom Zoom" Stadium. For seating and ticket details, see our Mazda Stadium Hiroshima Carp Ticket Guide.
Find out more »Hiroshima Toyo Carp vs Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
Mid-season interleague pro baseball action at the Mazda "Zoom Zoom" Stadium. For seating and ticket details, see our Mazda Stadium Hiroshima Carp Ticket Guide.
Find out more »Hiroshima Toyo Carp vs Rakuten Eagles
Mid-season interleague pro baseball action at the Mazda "Zoom Zoom" Stadium. For seating and ticket details, see our Mazda Stadium Hiroshima Carp Ticket Guide.
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